Cosmically Conscious

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Song facts

The [Off The Ground CD] hidden track, a short excerpt of “Cosmically Conscious”, was originally written by McCartney in 1968 during The Beatles’ stay in Rishikesh. A full length version of the recording was released as the B-side of the “Off the Ground” single and later included on Off the Ground: The Complete Works.

This past Saturday (April 4th) at Radio City Music Hall in New York, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr performed together for the first time since November 2002, when they were guests at the Concert for George event. Saturday’s event raised 3 million dollars for the David Lynch Foundation‘s cause of teaching one million children the technique of Transcendental Meditation (TM). One of the selections Paul performed at the event with Ringo on the drum kit had never been performed on stage before. “Cosmically Conscious” was written by Paul in 1968 while The Beatles studied TM in India with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. Many years later, in early 1992 while Paul was recording his Off The Ground CD, he completed a studio recording of this interesting song. However only a short snippet of it appeared on Off The Ground as an unlisted final track. The complete version was released as a b-side on a CD single in April 1993 but that has been out of print since the mid-90’s by which time the first (and only) pressings were bought up. […]

Last updated on November 13, 2016

Lyrics

Come and be cosmically conscious
Cosmically conscious with me
Come and be cosmically conscious
Cosmically conscious with me
Such a joy, joy
Such a joy, joy
Such a joy, joy
Such a joy, joy
Such a joy, joy
Such a joy, joy
Such a joy, joy
Such a joy, joy
Such a joy
Such a joy

To be cosmically conscious,
Cosmically conscious with me
How to be cosmically conscious
Cosmically conscious with me
Such a joy, joy
Such a joy, joy
Such a joy, joy
Such a joy, joy
Such a joy, joy
Such a joy, joy
Such a joy, joy
Such a joy, joy
Such a joy

Come and be cosmically conscious
Cosmically conscious with me
How to be cosmically conscious
Cosmically conscious with me
Such a joy, joy
Such a joy, joy
Such a joy, joy
Such a joy, joy
Such a joy, joy
Such a joy, joy
Such a joy, joy
Such a joy, joy
Such a joy

Such a joy, joy
Such a joy, joy
Such a joy, joy
Such a joy, joy
Such a joy, joy
Such a joy, joy
Such a joy, joy
Such a joy, joy
Such a joy

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